Project description ICT for smart and personalised inclusion Show the project objective Hide the project objective The problemThe development of technologies to support the inclusion of adults and children with visual disabilities is a big societal challenges for ICT Research. Vision is essential to build up important cognitive representations and early onset of blindness affects adversely psychomotor, spatial and social development. Moreover, early intervention is fundamental.ObjectivesThe ABBI project aims at: Developing a new set of devices to rehabilitate spatial cognition, mobility and social interaction of children and adults with visual deficits through natural audio-motor and tactile-motor associations, demonstrating and validating the technology through user, experimental and clinical studies.The core idea of the project, based on a new understanding of the role of vision in the development of blind and normal children, is that audio feedback about body movements might help the blind child to build a sense of space. The main device to achieve this objective is the Audio Bracelet for Blind Interactions (ABBI) which will be positioned on the wrist of the child and/or of the people around. The generated sound (for which the position will be perceived aurally) will be triggered by the body movement and will give spatial information on where and how the movement is occurring. The use of ABBI will provide important information for posture control, motor coordination and spatial orientation reducing the risk of exclusion for disabled individuals.Why it is innovativeUnlike most existing sensory substitution devices that are introduced in late childhood or adulthood, the approach proposed in ABBI does not require to learn new "languages" and it can be applied in the first years of life. Further development of the ABBI in this project will endow the device with the capacity to interact with other ABBIs and react in a smart manner to the context as well as additional assistive functions. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapy Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.5.3 - ICT for smart and personalised inclusion Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2013-10 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA Address Via morego 30 16163 Genova Italy See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Monica Gori (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 575 034,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG Germany EU contribution € 311 000,00 Address Mittelweg 177 20148 Hamburg See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Chenbo Guo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window DAVID CHIOSSONE - PER LA RIABILITAZIONE DELLE PERSONE CIECHE, IPOVEDENTI E FRAGILI - IMPRESA SOCIALE Italy EU contribution € 157 000,00 Address Corso armellini 11 16122 Genova See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Other Administrative Contact Elisabetta Capris (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University Sweden EU contribution € 407 001,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 Lund See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Per-Olof Hedvall (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW United Kingdom EU contribution € 399 960,00 Address University avenue G12 8QQ Glasgow See on map Region Scotland West Central Scotland Glasgow City Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Stephen Brewster (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
